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Why are most Mormons Republicans?

By Alliance Alert

Mark Paredes writing at Jewish Journal / Jews and Mormons blog: "There has always been a libertarian streak in LDS culture (perhaps owing to government persecution in the Church?s first few decades), and Mormons today preach and teach self-reliance." At The Liberty Musings Blog, David Hall responds: "I think you missed the biggest part of the reason, and that is a fundamental belief that the overwhelming majority of Latter-day Saints have in individual liberty as opposed to the use of government force to promote the good of society. Mormons believe that the US Constitution is inspired and that the principles of liberty it codifies are inspired. To accept modern-day liberalism, you have to toss aside the Constitution the way it was written and believe, instead, in a 'living, breathing' constitution that can mean whatever Supreme Court justices want it to mean."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on November 03, 2010 (boomark / email).